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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 26 - Winter 2003-04

< Dedication
 
< New Spirit of Solidarity
 
< Legal Corner: Punish and Isolate?
 
< Editorial: Divisions in prison?
 
< Views from Inside
 
< There is Strength in Numbers
 
< First State-wide Strategy Session on Working with Women Prisoners
 
< Tell Arnold - Bring Our Prisoners Home!
 
< Cross Gender Pat Searches Halted!
 
< To My Sister
 
< Irony
 
< Perry Fund Scholarships
 
< Welcome New Volunteer Coordinator Patricia Chase!
 
< Bienvenida a la Nueva Coordinadora del Programa de Voluntarios/as Patricia Chase!
 
< Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out
 
< It's Your Health: A Tribute to Peer Counselors
 
< A New Northern California Chapter of CCWP Formed
 
< Dia de los Muertos in San Francisco ...
 
< ...and in Los Angeles
 
       

A New Northern California Chapter of CCWP Formed

by Karen Diers
The Northern California Coalition for Women Prisoners was launched on October 21 with a showing of Truth to Power: Women Prisoners Testify at Legislative Hearings. The event was held at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Ca. and co-sponsored by the Women's Center on campus and Bar None. It was attended by about 25 students and members of the wider community.
Before the video, members of NCCWP--Liz, Alex and Jessica--read selections of poetry from Our Voices Within: Healing From the Inside Out. After the video, there was a lively discussion. Many people in the audience seemed to have similar experiences to those described by the testimonies. Amy of the campus Rape Crisis Center offered the center's services to anyone who needed them. Several people showed interest in joining the newly formed NCCWP.
We were sorry that Stormy Ogden, who was to lead the discussion, could not be there due to an illness. We wish her speedy recovery.


Last updated January 5, 2004 09:15 AM


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